Getting unicode string from its code - C#

Question

I know following is the way to use unicode in C#

string unicodeString = "\u0D15"; 

In my situation, I will not get the character code (0D15) at compile time. I get this from a XML file at runtime. I wonder how do I convert this code to unicode string? I tried the following

// will not compile as unrecognized escape sequence string unicodeString = "\u" + codeFromXML;   // will compile, but just concatenates u with the string got from XML file. string unicodeString = "\\u" + codeFromXML;  

How do I handle this situation?

Any help would be great!

Answer 1

You want to use the char.ConvertFromUtf32 function.

string codePoint = "0D15";  int code = int.Parse(codePoint, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber); string unicodeString = char.ConvertFromUtf32(code); // unicodeString = "ക" 

Answer 2

Here's an NUnit test showing arul and Adrian's solution - note that one solution starts with input in a string, while with the other solution the input starts in just a char.

    [Test]     public void testConvertFromUnicode()     {          char myValue = Char.Parse("\u0D15");         Assert.AreEqual(3349, myValue);          char unicodeChar = '\u0D15';         string unicodeString = Char.ConvertFromUtf32(unicodeChar);         Assert.AreEqual(1, unicodeString.Length);         char[] charsInString = unicodeString.ToCharArray();         Assert.AreEqual(1, charsInString.Count());         Assert.AreEqual((int) '\u0D15', charsInString[0]);     }